A cartoon (whose ultimate source I don’t know) on the banality of sports interviews:
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January 18, 2014 at 2:06 pm |
And I thought I was the only one. A few days ago I was in the car listening to an afternoon sports talk show. All the callers sounded like this to me: “The keys to winning this game are offense, defense, special teams, and not turning over the ball. I’ll hang up now and listen to what you think about it.”
January 22, 2014 at 7:44 am |
the over the top reaction of Sherman’s post-amazing-play interview (in which he actually said what he thought) shows what happens to those who diverge from the authorized script.